The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (Half-Hour) is an annual award presented as part of the Primetime Emmy Awards. It was created as Outstanding Cinematography for a Half-Hour Series, incorporating both single and multi-camera programs, in 2008 alongside Outstanding Cinematography for a One Hour Series. From 2011 to 2016, the awards were combined as Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series. In 2023, the category will be renamed Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (Half-Hour), combining with Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series. The categories were divided again in 2017."Two New Categories and Rules Modifications"
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series are eligible for the award with multi-camera half-hour series competing for Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series.

Winners and nominations

Outstanding Cinematography for a Half-Hour Series

2000s

2010s

Between 2011-2016, half-hour and one-hour series were both eligible for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series. No half-hour series were nominated during these years. Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour)

2020s

Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (Half-Hour)

Programs with multiple wins

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Programs with multiple nominations

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Cinematographers with multiple wins

;2 wins * Christian Sprenger

Cinematographers with multiple nominations

;4 nominations * Mark Doering-Powell ;3 nominations * Ava Berkofsky * Christian Sprenger ;2 nominations * Adam Bricker * Vanja Cernjul * Matthew Clark * Tobias Datum * Michael Trim

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References

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